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Frank Sidebottom: Contact Theatre, Manchester

John Robb, Sounds, 9 January 1988

PAUL MCCARTNEY, the famous ex-Beatle and big mate of top bubble head comedian Frank Sidebottom, once said, "The only thing that I ever got from the theatre was a sore arse", but then he never saw Frank perform with his ad hoc backing group at a Crimble one-off in Manchester's Contact Theatre.

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